Cricket.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 266, 13 December 1928, Page 8

Cricket.

PUTARURU V. MAMAKU. The above game was played at Mamaku during the week-end and resulted in a win for the home team by 39 runs. Poilowing are details of the scores: — t PUTARURU. . / First Innings.,

Bowling.—Patterson 2 for 27, Renner 4 for 21, Roberts 2 for 19, McCowan 1 for 4.1

’ THE FIRST TEST. . The overwhelming defeat of the Australians in the. first Test match will come as a greijt shock to the supporters of the gfieen-capped players. There is no gainsaying that onthe play the better side won. Luck •was against Australia B* losing the toss and in the breaking' down of Gregory and the illness ofi Kelleway. The absence of.the fast boiler and of the length trundling of Kelleway was felt by the Australians in the Englishmen’s second innings. But .it did not explain away the failure o.f the Australians’ batting in the first innings. The luck may have influenced the severity of the defeat; it did not 'niter the fact that the Englishmen, jwere the better side, or that the English bowlers were too good for the batsmen. Whether the same result “will happen when the sides meet on ibilliard-table wickets of Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide remains to be

.seen. j The selectors will he hard set to, consider the personnel of the future |teams. There will be an outcry for inew men. But, with a few possible exceptions, will they strengthen the batting? None of the Australian cracks came off. Bradman, the brilliant .colt, failed. Would it be suggested that Ponsford, Woodful, Kip--j ax or Bradman should be replaced 7 Richardson may be put in the team. But the greatest problem will be in the bowling. Who will replace Gregory as the fast howler ? Whether i Kelleway will be fit to play in the 1 second Test is not known. Nothling. Ret ting ton and Oxenham have chan

ces of gaining places, and possibly after -the New Year Beckett may be available. But whatever changes may be made it will remain for the opening Australian batsmen to “ dig themselves in ” if Australia is to have any chance of winning.

Patterson, c Macks, b Reed 11 McCowan, b Reed 2 C. D. Brown, b McCutcheon .... 27 Renner, b Reed 0 Porter, c Dodds, b Myles v -• v * 0, Roberts, c Simmonds, b Myles . 0 Rossiter, c McCutcheon, b 'Reed * 6 \Paxton, .lbw, b McCutcheon . : . 7 Johnson, run out 6 Lowe, b Marsh 5 Shepherd, not out 0 3

Total —a ~.£j 67 Bowling.—Myles 2 for 24, Reed 4 for 20, McCutcheon 2 for 15, Marsh 1 for 5. ■* Second Innings. Patterson, c Marsh, b Myles .... 1 MeCowan, c Marsh, b Myles .... 5 C. D. Brown, not out ..... • 36 Renner, b Reed 0 Porter, c and b Reed ... • 0 Rossiter, run out — • • • • 2 Roberts,,b Reed ..... ....... 0 Paxton, b Reed 0 Johnson, b Reed ... 4 Ix>we, b McCutcheon 2 Shepherd, run out . . . • • • - 2 2 54 Bowling.—Myles 2 for 14, ®eed 5 for 21, McCutcheon 1 for 17. # ; x MAMA1CU. V >' First Innings. Dodds, b Roberts - 0 Myles, b Roberts 4 Simmonds, b MeCowan 8 Marsh, b MeCowan 2 McCutcheon, e Brown, b Me18 Roberts, not out 16 %Dawson, run out 1 Beckett, b MeCowan .......... 4 Reed, c Patterson, b MeCowan .. 11 Hailwood, b MeCowan 1 Macks, b MeCowan 11 5 \ Total , 81 Bowling.—MeCowan 7 for 3^J Roberts 2 for 22, Renner 0 for 20, Second Innings, Simmonds, c and b Renner 3 Roberts, b Patterson .......... 0 12 Reed, lbw, b feenner ,• 10 McCutcheon, ! b Renner ......... ' 0 Marsh, b ... . . . . 3 Hailwood, run out*.• 14 5eckett, b -Robert’s v... 0 Macks, b Roberts 5 Dawson, b *Msc®\vn 0 Myles, not out 24 , ■ — Total 'I79